Jesse Sposato

In the film, Squillari’s involvement with the FBI is so thorough that I assumed her generous efforts were rewarded with some kind of paycheck. But Kubicek and Anderson confirmed that, in fact, she wasn’t paid for her work. “That’s part of why we have major respect for her, because it was not easy and it was not beneficial for her to do this. She did this anyway.”

Bio: Jesse Sposato is co-founder and editor of Sadie Magazine, an online counterculture publication geared towards young women. She is also a freelance writer and has written for publications such as xoJane, Thought Catalog, Wilder Quarterly, Bust, Jewcy, Useless magazine, and the New York Press (R.I.P.), among others. As well, Jesse plays the drums, and is currently involved in a recording collective called Love Tribe.

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In the film, Squillari’s involvement with the FBI is so thorough that I assumed her generous efforts were rewarded with some kind of paycheck. But Kubicek and Anderson confirmed that, in fact, she wasn’t paid for her work. “That’s part of why we have major respect for her, because it was not easy and it was not beneficial for her to do this. She did this anyway.”

Moderator Caryn James asked the question early on in the night, directing it at Weiner, “Tell us about Betty’s transformation, physical and internal. Why did you put on that weight for her?” Weiner responded matter-of-factly, “Well, it was a creative solution to a real-life problem, that January was pregnant—and everything worked out great, she has a baby [laughs]—and we had to start shooting, so I had the choice between doing the laundry basket thing or really trying to deal with it, not trying to hide it.” So, an accident of the filming process? Not quite.

At 6:00 on the dot, while the audience at Bookmarc was still trying to figure out if Richard Hell would be signing books or reading first, Hell firmly asked an employee to shut the music off so he could launch into his reading.